EPPO Global Database

Sorghum halepense(SORHA)

Pests

Organism Type
Tetranychus mexicanus (TETRME) Doubtful host
* EPPO (2023) Pest risk analysis for Tetranychus mexicanus. EPPO, Paris
------- uncertain host (see PRA for details)

* Anonymous (1980) A tetranychid mite (Tetranychus mexicanus (McGregor)) - Florida - new United States record. Cooperative Plant Pest Report, 5(1), 11.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (as Sorghum) (PHMPOM) Experimental
* Lyda SD, 1978. Ecology of Phymatotrichum omnivorum. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 16, 193–209. Available
online: http://annurev.py.16.090178.001205
------- considered immune in fields, but can be infected in laboratory conditions.
Atherigona oryzae (ATHEOZ) Host
Atherigona oryzae (as Sorghum) (ATHEOZ) Host
Bagrada hilaris (as Sorghum) (BAGRHI) Host
Busseola fusca (as Sorghum) (BUSSFU) Host
Cuerna costalis (CUERCO) Host
* Turner WF, Pollard HN (1959) Insect transmission of phony peach disease. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1193. 27 pp.
------- as Johnson grass
Diabrotica speciosa (DIABSC) Host
* Walsh GC (2007) Sorghum halepense (L.) Persoon (Poaceae), a new larval host for the South American corn rootworm Diabrotica speciosa (Germar) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 61, 83–84.
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (DIABUH) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
------- Larval host.
Diabrotica virgifera zeae (as Sorghum) (DIABVZ) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 615 pp.
------- Larval host.
Draeculacephala minerva (DRAEMI) Host
* Hewitt WB, Frazier NW, Freitag JH (1949) Pierce’s disease investigations. Hilgardia 19, 207–264.
------- As Holcus halepensis.

* Purcell AH, Frazier NW (1985) Habitats and dispersal of the principal leafhopper vectors of Pierce's disease bacterium in the San Joaquin Valley. Hilgardia 53(4), 1-32.
------- Feeding host.
Emaravirus tritici (WHPV00) Host
* Nourbakhsh F, Massah A, Soorni A, Talaee L (2023) First report of High Plains wheat mosaic virus in Iran. New Disease Reports 47, e12188. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12188
Graphocephala atropunctata (GRCPAT) Host
* Wistrom C, Purcell AH (2005) The fate of Xylella fastidiosa in vineyard weeds and other alternate hosts in California. Plant Disease 89, 994-999.
Homalodisca insolita (HOMLIN) Host
* Turner WF, Pollard HN (1959) Life Histories and Behaviors of Five Insect Vectors of Phony Peach Disease. USDA Technical Bulletin 1188. 28 pp.
------- based on field oviposition records
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Turner WF, Pollard HN (1959) Life histories and behavior of five insect vectors of phony peach disease. United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1188, 28 pp.
-------- Oviposition and feeding host.
Pyricularia oryzae (PYRIOR) Host
* Pordel A, Tharreau D, Ghorbani G, Javan-Nikkhah M (2020) First Report of Pyricularia oryzae causing blast on Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass) in Iran. Plant Disease 104(11), 3061
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Stenodiplosis sorghicola (as Sorghum) (CONTSO) Host
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (as Sorghum) (ARGPLE) Host
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies unknown.
Xyphon fulgidum (CARNFU) Host
* Pilkington LJ, Irvin NA, Boyd EA, Hoddle MS, Triapitsyn S, Carey BG, Jones WA, Morgan DJW (2005) Biological control of glassy-winged sharp-shooter in California. California Agriculture 59(4), 223–228. 

* Wistrom C, Purcell AH (2005) The fate of Xylella fastidiosa in vineyard weeds and other alternate hosts in California. Plant Disease 89, 994–999.
'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' (PHYPSO) Wild/Weed
* Kovacevic M, Ðuric Z, Jovic J, Perkovic G, Lolic B, Hrncic S, Toševski I,Delic D (2014) First report of stolbur phytoplasma associated with maize redness disease of maize in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Plant Disease 98(3), p 418.
Elasmopalpus lignosellus (ELASLI) Wild/Weed
* Gill HK, Capinera JL, McSorley R (2017) Featured Creatures. Lesser cornstalk borer. Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Insecta: lepidoptera: Pyralidae). University of Florida (US). http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/lesser_cornstalk_borer.htm

* Perez AZ, Lopez E (1980) [Two new host plants of Elasmopalpus lignosellus Zeller in Cuba]. Ciencias de la Agricultura 6, p 106.

* Sandhu HS (2010) Biology and cultural control of lesser cornstalk borer on sugarcane. PhD thesis. University of Florida. https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/04/14/72/00001/sandhu_h.pdf
Fijivirus cuartoense (MRCV00) Wild/Weed
* Laguna IG, de Remes Lenicov AMM, Virla EG, Avila AO, Giménez Pecci MP, Herrera P, Garay J, Ploper D, Mariani R (2002) [Diffusion of Mal de Rio Cuarto virus (MRCV) of maize, its vector, associated planthoppers and alternative hosts in Argentina]. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 61(1-2), 87-97 (in Spanish).
Naupactus xanthographus (NAUPXA) Wild/Weed
* Ripa R (1986a) Contribución al conocimiento del ciclo del burrito de los frutales Naupactus xanthographus (Germar) (Coleóptero: Curculionidae). Agric. Técnica (Chile) 46 (1): 33-40.
------- in experiments

* Ripa R (1986b) Estudio de plantas hospederas de la larva del burrito de los frutales Naupactus xanthographus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Agric. Técnica (Chile) 46 (1): 15-19.
------- in experiments

* Ripa R (1992) Burrito de los frutales Naupactus xanthographus (Germar), INIA, La Cruz, Chile
Reptalus panzeri (REPTPA) Wild/Weed
Tobravirus tabaci (TRV000) Wild/Weed
* Dikova B (2006) Establishment of Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) in weeds and Cuscuta, Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 20(3), 42-48.